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• HEAR
• Oshun
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• self love

Affirmative III: Oshunita

Affirmative I Playlist || Affirmative II Playlist || Affirmative III || All Playlists Oshun, the Yoruba Orisha of fresh water and sensuality, can also be seen as the "goddess" of self love. In celebration of the essence that essential to creation, this Oshunita playlist is a slow and sexy reminder of self love, self adoration, self appreciation, and self reflection. When completing a self love ritual, like our very popular Oshunita ritual, you can start include singing love songs to yourself in the mirror as a daily or regular continuation of this self love ritual. Learn more about the Oshunita ritual here.  Indulge in the...

• energy work
• HEAR
• Sound

Conjured Sound Healing

Intentional stimulation to the five senses is a core tenet here at Ritual+Vibe.

Sound, especially, is a powerful way to heal the body, raise vibrations, and and clear stagnant energies as discussed in detail in this blog post how to use sound in spiritual work. This is why we have a collection of playlists of uplifting music on Ritual+Vibe, and have described the healing powers of making your own noise.

Learn about my experience with the Conjured Sound Healer!

• ritual

Embracing The Dreamstate & The Dark

  Are you afraid of the dark? The longer nights of fall and winter, for most parts of nature, encourages hibernation and more rest to prepare for spring. Fall and winter are times to reap and to rest. But our society doesn’t allow us to adjust properly to seasonal shifts. Work hours, for example. don’t change with the seasons, and aligning with unnatural schedules of society instead of with seasonal schedules, can cause or worsen seasonal depression. It doesn’t help that so many in this society are afraid of the dark. I know I have avoided wearing black because I...

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• recipes
• ritual

The Problem with Juicing + The Importance of Symbiosis

Green juice is one health food trend where people swear they are being healthy, and may be actually messing up their system. Most juicers completely remove the fibers from the fruits and vegetables. These fibers, however, are critical for our gut health!    Have you ever gotten a really bad stomach pain after drinking a green juice? You’re not alone. I know some associate juicing & raw veganism as the apex of health. I, too, love the occasional raw situation - like a bomb salad; topped with fruit, nuts, shrooms, spices, and a homemade dressing? Mmm... Maybe add some grilled...

• ancestral
• carl jung
• Grounding
• Orisha
• ritual
• shadow work
• water

Yemaya & Olokun: Deep Sea Secrets

Maferefun Yemaya & Olokun, the owners of the waters on earth, especially the deep sea. These are both orishas of the Yoruba pantheon. For an amazing write-up on these Orishas, check out ORISA: New World Black Gods by John Mason available in the Ritual&Vibe Library! Check out my Deep Sea Supplements here! While Yemaya is described as the mother of all, and represents the top half of the ocean; Olokun is, instead, the keeper of the deepest parts of the ocean of the ocean. Olokun represents mysteries, divination, and the parts of the ocean where life began, yet sunlight doesn’t touch... “Olokun...